Battle for a riceball

Chapter 8: Painful Choices

Tohru laid in the ground of the restroom she was crying out loud as tears streamed down her cheeks. She closed her hand in a fist and tried to pick herself up, but she was to hurt to even try that. She laid in the ground crying in pain emotionally and physically. She didn't know what to do, or say to Yuki when she saw him again.

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"I wonder why Miss Honda is taking so long?" Yuki wondered out loud.

"Yeah I know, she doesn't usually take this long. Maybe something happened to her," Kyo mused.

"You two sound like old ladies worrying for Tohru like that. She must be talking to someone. I'm sure she won't make us wait that long," Uo replied.

Hana stayed silent and continued eating. After a short while everyone was finished with their lunch.

"Ugh I can't take it anymore. Tohru is taking a long time, I'm going to check on her," Uo finally spoke up.

"Yes, I'm sensing bad electric signals," Hana mused.

Yuki shot an awkward look towards Hana. They practically ran towards the bathroom leaving Kyo and Yuki sitting at the lunch table by themselves.

"Shouldn't we go too?" Kyo stared at Yuki lamely.

"We can't go in the girls restroom you stupid cat," Yuki pointed out.

"Nya! I didn't mean that you damn rat! I meant, just- wait outside," Kyo corrected.

Yuki sighed as he crumpled up what was left of his lunch and chucked it to the trash can.

"I'll just wait here," Yuki muttered.

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Uo and Hana entered the restroom, alarmed to see there was a crowd inside.

"Who is that! Someone call the nurse!"

"I wonder what happened!"

"Is that Tohru?"

As soon as they heard Tohru's name they squeezed through the crowd.

"Tohru!" they both gasped in unison. Tohru was unconscious in the ground, scratches all over her face and she looked like she was in horrible pain. Her hair was a mess, her coffee colored hair was everywhere, and her ribbons that were once tied in her hair seemed to have been tore out.

"What happened!" Uo said fearfully, she came running to Tohru and frantically shaking her unconscious body.

"We don't know, my friend and I just came in the bathroom and she was already unconscious," one of the girls pointed out.

"The nurse is coming!" one of the other girls yelled. A stubby lady with short, golden colored hair and bright blue eyes came running through.

"What happened!" she huffed. Hana and Uo stayed by Tohru's side as the nurse lifted Tohru from the ground.

"I'll go tell the prince what happened, and you stay with Tohru okay?" Uo suggested. Hana just nodded her head in agreement.

Everything happened in a split second, Tohru was immediately sent to the nurse.

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"What!" Kyo growled in outrage.

"I don't know who did that myself, she just seemed horrible. I'm sure someone beat her up, but who would do that to sweet Tohru?" Uo sighed impatiently.

They were waiting outside the nurse's office as Tohru slept inside.

"I can't believe someone would do this to her," Yuki muttered in frustration.

Hana slowly walked out of the nurse's office with a deadpan expression on her face. She sat down next to Uo without saying anything.

"So? How is she?" Uo asked impatiently.

"Well, she's still sleeping and the nurse told us to go back to class. She said Tohru would be fine," Hana replied slowly.

"So should we head back?" Yuki asked unsurely.

"I'm not leaving," Hana replied flatly.

"Then I guess I'm not leaving either," Uo shrugged.

"Alright, then…I'll stay too," Yuki muttered softly.

"Dammit! Fine, I'll stay too," Kyo sighed.

"Nobody asked you to stay," Yuki spat. Kyo just grunted in frustration.

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Huh? What happened..I'm so tired. Wha? I'm at the nurse! Oh right..Those fan girls really beat me up. I have to remind myself to get lessons for fighting with Kyo. Hehe. Oh mom, I don't think I would ever get the guts to hit someone! That would be terrible. Fighting doesn't solve anything. But what do I tell Uo and Hana? What do I tell Yuki? I have to get away from him or else the fan girls will do something worse…I don't know what to do.

Tohru opened her eyes and yawned. She felt pain fall over all her body as she tried to sit up.

"Oh Miss Tohru Honda you're awake! You gave us quite a scare in the bathroom, dear. Your friends are waiting outside, do you think you are ready to leave?" The nurse asked politely.

"Um..I think I'll be okay. Thank you so much," Tohru bowed her head and smiled. Tohru looked at the many sets of bandages around her legs and hands. Then, she felt a big white bandage around her forehead. Wow! Was I hurt that bad? And she said my friends are outside..oh..what do I tell them..

"Dear, what happened to you in there?" the nurse asked.

Tohru's eyes widen in fear.

"Excuse me, I'll be late for class!" she answered quickly, snatching her bag. She quietly opened the door and peered through the hallway. There they where, Kyo, Yuki, Uo, and Hana all sitting down together in silence. Tohru sighed.

I'll take the other way back to class so they won't ask questions. I have to think of something to tell them eventually, but not now. She ran towards the other side of the school and took a different route back to her class. Oh..I feel terrible for leaving them to wait like that……..

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"We've been waiting for 2 hours dammit!!," Kyo sighed impatiently as he sunk in his seat.

"Maybe Tohru isn't okay, maybe she's worse than we think…" Uo cried worriedly.

"I'll go check," Yuki muttered softly, as he entered the nurse's office.

He politely went up to the nurse and smiled.

"Um..did Miss Honda wake up yet?" he muttered softly.

"What? She woke up hours ago, I told her you guys were waiting outside," the nurse replied in a puzzled tone. Yuki felt the world spin.

"um..okay..thanks," he muttered slowly. He walked outside with a deadpan expression plastered on his face.

"The nurse said Miss Honda left hours ago." Yuki sighed in a puzzled tone.

"What!? And the nurse didn't even bother to tell her we were waiting outside for her?" Kyo growled in frustration.

"Actually, she did tell Tohru we were waiting…" Yuki mumbled.

"Tohru wouldn't just leave us like that. Something is definitely wrong," Uo muttered.

"Let's just go back to class," Kyo sighed.

"Yes, lets go back," Hana replied.

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Tohru found herself gazing at the door, just waiting for Yuki and the others to come back. She felt terrible that 2 hours had passed and that they still had not noticed she had already left. The worse part was, she still didn't have a good story to tell them what happened. In a sudden instant, Kyo slammed the classroom door open and grunted angrily to his seat. Tohru hid her face with a book.

"Sorry we were at the nurse's office," Yuki muttered lamely.

"I don't believe all of you were hurt. Do you have a real excuse for skipping class for 2 hours?" the teacher raised an eyebrow.

"No, not really," Uo replied.

"Then you all get detention after class," the teacher muttered darkly. Yuki sighed and fell to his seat.

Tohru felt even worse when she felt Kyo staring at her, trying to make signs to catch her attention. He sat behind her, and Yuki sat across from her. Uo sat in front of her and Hana sat at the other side of the room.

Uo turned around and gave Tohru an awkward look.

"What happened?" she whispered.

Tohru ignored her question.

She buried her face in her book and nervously flipped the pages.

"Tohru!" Kyo started whispering her name. She flipped another page, pretending to read her book.

"Tohru!" Kyo whispered in a angry tone. He lost his temper and ripped a large piece of paper from his notebook. He crumpled the paper up and chucked it at Tohru. As soon as he threw it, he regretted what he had done.

Tohru squealed a loud as the crumpled paper hit her head. Not that it was painful, she was just surprised.

"stupid cat," Yuki muttered.

Tohru turned to look at Kyo for one instant, and then she turned back to her book.

"Tohru!" Kyo muttered angrily.

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After class Tohru raced to be the first one out the door before anyone would talk to her. She successfully fled the room and sighed in relief as soon as she was outside. All of them had detention, so there was no risk of anyone talking to her until the evening when Yuki and Kyo returned home. She knew both of them were worried and angry about her.

She leaned against the wall and closed her eyes in frustration.

"Tohru…"

She gasped and open her eyes to meet two set of bright purple orbs. She gasped. Yuki was so close to her, she felt herself blush, and for the first time, he called her Tohru instead of Miss Honda.

"What happened? Why are you acting like this?" Yuki muttered softly, cupping Tohru's chin.

"How did you get out of detention?" Tohru asked nervously.

"He just had to show those pretty eyelashes of his and beg for the teacher to let us leave," Kyo muttered calmly.

"Kyo!?" Tohru gasped.

"Dammit! Just tell us what happened! Who did this to you? I'll beat them up and make sure they never touch you again!" Kyo growled.

"I-" Tohru gazed away to the corner of her eye were she saw the Yuki fan club girls making there way towards the hall. Tohru's eyes widen in horror.

"Tohru? What happened tell us please?" Hana and Uo were behind Yuki.

Yuki had his hands locked on Tohru's wrists, there was no way to escape, and the fan club girls were getting closer.

Oh no! What do I do…

"I'm so sorry!" Tohru squealed. Yuki gave her a puzzled look.

"Really Yuki, I'm sorry!" she squealed as she kicked Yuki painfully in the stomach. Yuki let go of her hands and Tohru ran away.

"Tohru!!" Uo and Hana gasped in unison. Kyo found himself chasing after her, and Yuki stood in shock clutching his stomach.

"Tohru?" he whispered painfully.

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Oh no! What will happen to Tohru and Yuki? What will Kyo think?

Find out in the next chapter! Please review! It gives me inspiration to write more! Thanks!